1948 Idaho Vandals football | |
---|---|
Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 3–6 (1–5 PCC) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Neale Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 California ^ + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Oregon + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1948 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1948 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Dixie Howell and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference.
Idaho was ranked at No. 90 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [1]
Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one game in Boise at Public School Field. [2]
Idaho was 3–6 overall and won one of their six PCC games; future schedules had fewer conference matchups. A night game was played in late September in Salt Lake City, a loss to Utah. [3] [4]
The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached twenty games, with a 14–19 loss in Pullman on October 30. [5] [6] Idaho tied the Cougars two years later, but the winless streak continued until 1954. [7]
In the rivalry game with Montana in Moscow a week earlier, Idaho won 39–0 to regain the Little Brown Stein. [8] [9] Montana won it back two years later with a one-point upset, [10] then the Vandals won eight straight, through 1959.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 18 | 2:00 pm | at Oregon State | L 12–27 | 8,500 | [11] [12] | |
September 25 | 7:00 pm | at Utah* | L 6–21 | 18,099 | [3] [4] | |
October 2 | 2:00 pm | at UCLA | L 12–28 | 21,024 | [13] | |
October 9 | 2:00 pm | Oregon | L 8–15 | 12,000 | [14] [15] | |
October 23 | 2:00 pm | Montana |
| W 39–0 | 7,500 | [8] [9] |
October 30 | 2:00 pm | at Washington State | L 14–19 | 17,000 | [5] [6] | |
November 6 | 1:00 pm | vs. Montana State* | W 28–12 | 5,500 | [2] [16] | |
November 13 | 2:00 pm | Portland* |
| W 28–0 | 4,500 | [17] |
November 20 | 2:00 pm | at Washington | L 7–34 | 20,000 | [18] | |
|
No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were tackles Carl Kiilsgaard and Will Overgaard, guard Wilbur Ruleman, and back John Brogan. [19] [20]
Two juniors from the 1948 Vandals were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft: [21]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Carl Kiilsgaard | T | 5th | 61 | Chicago Cardinals |
Jerry Diehl | HB | 28th | 360 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Three sophomores were selected in the 1951 NFL draft: [22]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Bill Fray | T | 16th | 191 | New York Yanks |
King Block | FB | 21st | 250 | Detroit Lions |
Jim Chadband | HB | 28th | 335 | New York Yanks |